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Los Alamos in hot water over computer loss
Los Alamos in hot water over computer loss
The Department of Energy has slammed Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for lax cybersecurity following the revelation last week that 69 computers are missing from the nuclear laboratory.
Feb. 16, 2009
Malicious URLs arrive on Digg Web portal
Malicious URLs arrive on Digg Web portal
The ingenuity of malware distributors has reached new levels - of depths - depending on your point of view.
Feb. 12, 2009
More details emerge on Kaspersky hack
More details emerge on Kaspersky hack
As more details of the Kaspersky web site hack came to light yesterday, the same hacking forum posted details of a similar SQL injection attack, this time on a Portugese reseller for anti-malware firm BitDefender.
Feb. 10, 2009
Online hotel fraud scamming 71 000 travellers a month
Online hotel fraud scamming 71 000 travellers a month
FraudTip, a Web security portal, claims that an internet scam is defrauding around 71 000 travellers every month by the simple expedient of routing internet users to fraudulent versions of popular booking sites.
Feb. 9, 2009
Blind hacker fulfils Sneakers movie role 17 years on
Blind hacker fulfils Sneakers movie role 17 years on
Movies have a funny habit of becoming reality and the 1992 hacker movie Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, is no exception.
Feb. 4, 2009
$9m lifted in RBS Worldpay ATM heist
$9m lifted in RBS Worldpay ATM heist
The FBI is investigating a $9m large-scale ATM fraud using cards cloned from US card processor RBS Worldpay.
Feb. 4, 2009
Kaspersky site hacked over weekend
Kaspersky site hacked over weekend
Anti-malware vendor Kaspersky's site was hacked over the weekend, using an SQL injection attack. While admitting that the site was vulnerable, Kaspersky is denying that the vulnerabiity was critical. The hacker nevertheless listed what he said was the full set of tables from the firm's MySQL database.
Feb. 4, 2009
Companies their own worst enemy says IBM X-Force report
Companies their own worst enemy says IBM X-Force report
The annual report from IBM's X-Force security operation shows what many IT managers have suspected for some time, namely that Web application vulnerabilities represent the major risk for most organisations.
Feb. 3, 2009
Google falls victim to human error
Google falls victim to human error
On Saturday, Google users were warned that all their search results were potentially harmful, due to a widespread result of human error.
Feb. 3, 2009
ISACA unveils new IT security business model
ISACA unveils new IT security business model
ISACA, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, has developed a new business model for IT security.
Jan. 29, 2009
Hackers run up $207 000 phone bill for Canadian law firm
Hackers run up $207 000 phone bill for Canadian law firm
If you've had a high company phone bill recently, spare a thought for Martin & Hillyer, a law firm in Burlington, Ontario.
Jan. 29, 2009
£10 000 bounty placed on DDoS hackers
£10 000 bounty placed on DDoS hackers
Overclockers.co.uk (OCUK), an online computer hardware reseller firm, have announced they are placing a bounty of £10 000 on the heads of hackers behind a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on their web site earlier in the month.
Jan. 23, 2009